"There is a deliberate and quite outspoken attack
on the whole idea of people owning private property. Mr. William Riley,
the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has said publicly on a
number of occasions that he does not believe that people should have the
right to own private property.

To use his words, 'The ownership of private property
is a quaint anachronism.' He has called for a repeal of the fifth
amendment as it affects the right of private property. There are two
laws that have been passed by the Congress that are being used to take
property away from people. One is the Endangered Species Act, and the
other one happens to be the Clean Water Act." - Dixie Lee Ray,
scientist, recipient of the United Nations Peace Prize and former
Governor of Washington State, in an interview with the Acton Institute
for the Study of Religion & Liberty, Special Edition, Fall 1992.